Actually Subby, I did know all that and I'm not full of shiat because this stuff is old as shiat! These same farking things pop back up at least once a year around here. What worse is that the linked story was posted yesterday and I'm pretty sure that the last time they popped up as a link on Fark was an io9 article too.

Jizz Master Zero:Actually Subby, I did know all that and I'm not full of shiat because this stuff is old as shiat! These same farking things pop back up at least once a year around here. What worse is that the linked story was posted yesterday and I'm pretty sure that the last time they popped up as a link on Fark was an io9 article too.

Jizz Master Zero:Actually Subby, I did know all that and I'm not full of shiat because this stuff is old as shiat! These same farking things pop back up at least once a year around here. What worse is that the linked story was posted yesterday and I'm pretty sure that the last time they popped up as a link on Fark was an io9 article too.

Yeah, I've seen much better examples of this particular article before... Interesting, but nothing new and poorly presented.

BBBbbbut...I've been to Waxahachi Texas.You should go just to check out the Gargoyles.These is a story behind them, you should write a paper on it.Prize?If you can do a serious work regarding this art form, you can get published, no doubt.

Too bad they were only doing churches. This is the back entrance to the Graybar (yes, the second letter is an "R") Building in New York City.

Those supports holding up the awning have bumps on them which turn out to be...art deco rats. The rosettes where the supports connect to the building have...a circle of rats coming out of a hole with a rat in each corner. The reason they're on this building is pretty silly and has nothing to do with the sanitation in New York.

untaken_name:I'm curious, are you insinuating that there's a non-silly reason for *any* art-deco adornments?

Art deco isn't silly for buildings built in the 1920s and 30s, back in those days it was new, futuristic and cutting edge. As the Graybar building was being worked on, New York City told the company they needed artwork on their building, only there wasn't any in the blueprints. So they rushed to the architectural firm and told them of their sudden crisis. The architects had an unused designed for a nautical themed building that was intended for the seagoing, shipping industry. Graybar essentially told them, "Fine! It's art! Just put it on!"

The awning supports are supposed to be the ropes that ships use to dock with. The cones are rat guards: disks that are put on ropes to keep rats from running up into ships.